Tsunade and Jiraiya listened quietly, listening to Naruto pour out his heart.
Watching this younger generation, who had a huge connection with them, directly denounce the First Hokage for creating only a narrow peace.
They vaguely yearned for the peaceful scene Naruto described, but instinctively felt that Naruto was wrong.
If the village they were protecting, the peace they were maintaining, was wrong, then what about their efforts and the sacrifices of their loved ones over the past years?
Protecting Konoha and maintaining its existence is the bottom line for realizing all dreams.
And now, Naruto's idea is challenging that bottom line.
Tsunade put down her teacup, slammed the table, and scolded, "Naruto, give up your dangerous ideas! Do you want to be an enemy of the village? Even if you want to achieve peace, it should be based on continuing the village!"
Jiraiya also became serious, "Naruto, I don't require you to have the Will of Fire. I said that as long as you don't attack the village, I will support all your ideas, but your current ideas are too dangerous, give it up."
This was only Naruto; he was both a close junior and possessed great strength.
If it were someone else, Tsunade and Jiraiya would have couldn't help but take action immediately.
Naruto's expression didn't change upon hearing their scolding, and he remained calm.
He was there to reason with them, not to argue.
Without rushing to refute them, Naruto began to explain in detail his plans for how to achieve peace in the future.
There were those he had told Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Orochimaru, and Yakushi Kabuto, as well as some more detailed things he had recently thought about and perfected.
It included everything from politics to the economy and people's livelihoods, in all aspects.
"Then, I'll ask Tsunade-nee and Jiraiya-sensei another question. Do you think the name Konoha is important, or are the people who live in it, and the people who live in the entire world, more important?"
After speaking, Naruto asked calmly.
Listening to Naruto's understanding of the current world, listening to his ideas on how to achieve peace, and what the world would be like after peace.
Tsunade, who had a violent expression, gradually calmed down. Although she didn't want to admit it, she was now greatly yearning for the world after peace that Naruto spoke of.
A society without war, without exploitation, where the elderly are cared for, the young are nurtured, and constantly progressing.
Compared to the current Ninja World, it was like heaven.
Having experienced joys and sorrows, and being accustomed to the darkness of the world, Tsunade could better appreciate the beauty of such a world.
After a long silence, Tsunade finally calmed down and began to think about Naruto's question.
Putting aside those prejudices, she could barely make a rational answer: "If giving up the name of Konoha could bring peace to the world, and allow everyone, including those living in Konoha, to achieve peace and live a better life, then I think grandfather would be willing too, right?"
Jiraiya was silent for a long time before nodding in agreement. Although his personality and experiences were very different from Tsunade's, he had a similar understanding when facing the issues of Konoha and peace.
"So, why are you opposing me?"
Naruto tilted his head, and asked in confusion, "If you want to achieve peace, it is bound to be accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice, which makes it necessary for me to have absolute power and call on people all over the world to support me."
"If my ideas can be recognized by everyone, under the general trend, all the Demons and Monsters that block peace are just mayflies trying to shake a tree."
"And if my ideas cannot be recognized by everyone, then I am at war with the world, then I am destined to fail. As my elders, if you think my ideas are correct, even if you don't help me, you shouldn't be my obstacle."
"Even if I cause huge losses to this world in the pursuit of peace, it won't be worse than this crazy world now. When the time comes, let future generations judge everything."
At this moment, a wry smile appeared on Jiraiya's face.
He also wanted to pursue peace, but limited by his vision and knowledge, he had never been able to find a correct answer.
But now, his disciple had presented him with a detailed answer with full feasibility.
And he, who had always wanted to pursue peace, couldn't understand it immediately, but instead opposed it. Could he really be considered a qualified teacher?
Looking at Naruto's yellow hair and azure blue eyes, which were exactly the same as the Child of Prophecy in the Toad Sage's prophecy.
Jiraiya's heart was already more disappointed than affectionate towards the current village.
Gradually, the scales in Jiraiya's heart tilted towards Naruto.
"Perhaps this Naruto can really achieve true peace?"
Tsunade was also caught in a struggle. On one side was the peace she had been searching for all her life, and on the other was the village created and passed down by her grandfather, where she had grown up since she was a child. The weight of the two was placed on the scales, swaying left and right in Tsunade's heart.
This was a battle of reason and emotion.
But Naruto's words did not end there.
He looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya with complicated expressions, and said in a calm tone: "Moreover, now, what you want to protect is Konoha that belongs to everyone, not Sarutobi Hiruzen's Konoha, right?"
This sentence was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely shattering the hesitation in Jiraiya and Tsunade's hearts.
At this time, Tsunade thought of her younger brother Nawaki and lover Dan who died on the battlefield, as well as those clansmen who were fooled by Sarutobi Hiruzen to conduct Wood Release experiments in order to increase the village's combat power and died.
And Jiraiya thought of his deceased comrades and his disciple Minato Namikaze.
The peace they guarded for the village was meaningless. As long as the war continued, it would continue to create such tragedies.
At this time, Orochimaru, who had been listening quietly, licked his lips with a non-smiling expression, and then added fuel to the fire: "There is one thing I didn't tell you. I was secretly authorized by the Third Hokage to do the human experiments with Wood Release.
The remains of the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, Lady Mito, and many other special people are still in the Root's laboratory."
Hearing this, Tsunade couldn't help clenching her fists, her expression changed, and then she mocked herself: "If I hadn't left the village, I might have been killed for some inexplicable reason and sent to the laboratory by now, right?"
Jiraiya reached out and held Tsunade's cold hand, comforting her: "Don't worry, everything is over, I will protect you from now on."
After a moment of silence, Jiraiya raised his head and said seriously: "Teacher, I also yearn for the peace you mentioned, Naruto. I can't be sure whether your approach is right or wrong, but I will always watch you and won't let you do anything wrong."
"I will also keep a close eye on you, Naruto, don't you dare mess around."
Tsunade also said in a violent tone from the side.
After the conversation, Tsunade and Jiraiya could not fully accept Naruto's idea of destroying all obstacles, including Konoha, for the sake of peace.
After all, that was the place where they had grown up since they were young and had worked hard for half their lives, and it was impossible to let go so easily.
But they were willing to watch Naruto do it and supervise him from the side.
Instead of stopping him before he even started.
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